The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-11


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Nrw Yoax. yan. 0-Edward Unesr
who q charged with the murder Of Au-
gust Bohlc. No. - Ridge street, aud after.
ward shipping the manRled remains in Z
trunk 20 Baltimore. made : full comics.
sion Of the horrible tragedy last night "a
Inspector Byrncs. After returning from
the Tombs police court yesterday after.
noon Ungcr appeared very nervous. ana
when near the Central once be txrncd %
Inspector Byrncs and said:
You are trying to hang me. Amt your
You know whether you have commit
ted any crime or NOT" the inspector re-
piled.
On reaching headquarters. the prIsoner
was taken 70 his cell and locked up Az
elk O'Clock last evening. Unger was taken
out Of his cell and shown the trunk In
which the remains Of his victim had been
packed The accused man shuddcrcd a.
The sight OF the trunk and turned away.
The saw. hammer, and knife were then
shown him. The sight a. the weapons
with which tho crime had been committed
was TOO much for the wrctched assassin,
who almost fell 10 the floor with fear. The
again. but before being locked up inspect
or Byrnes told him that when he was
ready 20 tell the truth 20 let him know.
Al nine o'clock Unger called the turn
key and requested an interview with the
inspector The prisoner was brough,
from his cell and taken 20 the inspectors
private ONCE. where he said he was ready
70 tell the whole truth Unger then. in the
presence Of Inspector Byrnes and several
witnesses, made the following statement
Of his crime:
Il live at No. . Ridge street. Ihave
known August Bohle since November,
1855 FIRST met him in my lager beer
saloon in Eldridge street, where ne called
upon me about IN advertisement had PUT
n paper .>r partner But we could
not agree about the price, and i sold the
place out and soon after Bohle came 70
Ire with me In Ridge street The agree
mcnt was that he should pay half the rent
and one third OF the household expenses
After supper on the night Of Thursday,
January % Boh,e and myself were alone
taking about different matters until
about half-rast nine O'Clock He
was sitting on the sofa. and
was in the act Of poking the fire. He
was very profane and called me some very
hard names. 1 told him TO stop. and put
my hand up 20 turn his head away. He
struck me- sprang at him and attempt
ed 10 strike him with the poker. We
then grspplcd. and he picked up knife
and attempted 20 stab me ran into The
bedroom and picked up a hammer from on
the chest He made another attempt at
me with the knife and ! received slight
cut on the hand I thcn struck him with
the hammer and he staggered ! struck
him again. and the head Of the hammer
handle. and he fen dead on the sofa
This was about ten O'Clock / expected
my son home. and in order to conceal the
remains Of the dead man. took the body
from the sofa and laid II on the floor.
then took the cot upon which Bohle used
- sleep and placed it over the body and
covered it up with the bed clothes. When
my son came home told him that Bohle
had gone ont Shortly afterwards went
70 bed IN the same room with the dead
man
s-On the following morning after my
son had gone 70 work Invent TO Grand
street, bought saw for ninety cents and
two yards Of rubber. Before returning to
the house, ! took several drinks Of
whisky. On reaching home, I spread the
rubber on the 6oor and put the body ~
top Of IT, then started to cut the body
up with saw. I first severed the head
from the body. wrapped il In paper ana
laid Il aside 4 thu cut both legs ca and
think the left arm: and finding the legs
TOO long 70 put in the trunk. cut both
feet on and placed them in the trunk
then placed the bodyon top Of the legs and
the arms on top Of the body. wiped up the
blood with some clothing Of the deceased
-. 1888 paper, put them in the trunk
and tied tho trunk up then left the
house and went 10 the Grand street ferry,
carrying the head with me. boarded
Williamsburg boat and when in md
stream threw the head in the river.
then went 70 the residence Of Henry
Siegel No 36 Throop street. Brooklyn.
but on finding that he was not well, told
his wife that Bchle had gone TO Chicago.
I returned home, and on the following day
I shipped the trunk 70 Henry Bense, No
Is Kent avenve. Brooklyn On the same
express 70 this city, having pasted the fol-
lowing address upon IL:
J0Hx = wrsox. Baltimore. Ma
10 b called for.
The trunk was brought 70 this city and
transported By Adams Express 70 Balti-
more.
II did not mean to kill Roble- He was :
very quarrelsome man. anu believed my
life 70 Be In danger when he struck ma I
took the method I did Of disposine Of tho
body becsrss wanted TO save myself and
family from Disgrace
Unrer identified the trunk ana The bloodv
clothing brought from Baltimore. The
coroner's inquest in the matter viii Be
held Tuesday.
Despsraes ana eaecessflis right Win =
Bad - Rsbbers.
AtnUQrKRQCE, n -. Jan O-Last
Monday Detectives Franklin and Marsh.
accompanied b. four determined men.
started with bloodhounds in pursuit Of
gang Of robbers who have been operating
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